Day care services
for people with dementia
The branch has two activity based day care centres
which cover the
east and west of Newcastle. Both centres provide support and
stimulation to people with dementia across all age ranges. There
is one Day Care Manager and one Assistant Day Care Manager. The
staff to client ratio is high, 1:4.
Day care at Byker Lodge in open Monday to
Friday from 9am - 5pm for clients who live in the east of the
city, and surrounding areas such as South Gosforth and Jesmond.
For further information please contact us on 0191 276 3638. Full
address details can be found on our
contact us page.
 For directions
to the day centre please go to: multimap
Day care at Connie Lewcock is open Monday to
Saturday from 9am - 5pm for clients who live in the north, west
and outer west of the city. For further information please contact
us on 0191 267 0198. Full address details can be found on our
contact us page.
For directions
to the day centre please go to: multimap
Most of our clients are collected and returned by minibus
and accompanied by fully trained day care centre officers.
Our
philosophy of care
The
Society commits itself to maintaining, improving and promoting
its unique knowledge and understanding of dementia. We seek to
define and develop quality in our care and core services, to
reach out to and include all people with dementia, their
families and the professionals who work with them.
Each person attending our
centres has a key worker who is responsible for their assessment
and care planning.
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Emphasis is placed on
developing a real knowledge of each person as an individual.
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We build on existing
strengths, whilst acknowledging areas of need.
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Carers and social workers are encouraged to be part of this
initial process and subsequent reviews of the service.
Staff training
Staff training is an on-going process. It involves one
to one coaching, mentoring and group sessions. It is devised and delivered
wherever possible to relate to the underpinning knowledge requirements of
NVQ (Level II).
All training is linked to the special needs of people
with dementia, e.g. in relation to communication or activity planning.
Statutory training such as moving and handling, first aid etc, is
delivered by accredited external providers. New developments are covered
by ad hoc sessions.
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I like coming here because
everyone is friendly and there is a lot to do.
Person with dementia
